Sweet Saturday

I call this "Sweet Saturday" because in trying to describe it that just seemed to fit.  Lee and I began our Saturday with coffey and followed that with Lee's choice of pancakes with peaches.  We still have lots of peaches in the freezer and these are the ones that came from Lee's small peach orchard behind the gazebo in our backyard.  We both believed they were just the best we had tasted because they were cultivated and harvested by Lee in the Summer of 2009.  We consumed this tasty breakfast with thankful hearts.

Our routine here is beginning to be more normal for the two of us.  Our mornings are filled with personal care, breakfast, all the medications, exercises and the logging of all the activities and stats that are required by Duke.  For me, of course, other chores must be sandwiched in between.  The laundry must be done and the house kept tidy.  By the time we have finished, it is time for lunch and more medication and more log ins of transactions.  We really do not have any free time until the afternoons.

Currently our week is something like this:

Monday-Wednesday-Friday:  To the Family Life Center @ church to walk and do weights

Tuesday -Thursday-Saturday:  Focus on personal care other than routine baths

Sunday:  Hopefully soon, church  (not tomorrow since Lee's BP is too low and his K is too high!

All in all, this has been a day more similar to the way we "were".  I washed windows and did a lot of laundry.  Lee was able to take the golfcart to the shed and meet with a buyer for some of his farm equipment.  He is on the phone often with business and other interest.

We encourage visitors to call and arrange a time in the afternoons between 1:00 & 5:00.  We continue to limit visitor time and at the moment have decided that it is in Lee's best interest to have all visitors to mask when entering the house.  At first we did not do this but in light of this being the flu and cold season from here through March, I feel that it is in Lee's best interest to do this.  I have to admit that I have a certain degree of paranoia in regards to Lee catching something.  I ask you to please be forgiving of me in that regard.  After being in and out of hospitals for a year and being away for 5 straight months, I really do not want to have to leave again.  I ask you to be patient with me because an illness for Lee means a return to Duke and a hospitalization once again.  Wearing a mask and using hand sanitizer is a small request considering the consequences that may occur when this is not done.

I want to thank those of you who continue to follow me on this blog.  It is a way for me to communicate  and at the same time it allows me to experience the support that I know I have from all of you.

More Later...........................................Brenda